Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-06-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,081 head
232 vs last sale 849 439 vs year ago 1,520 · 28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
605 head
400 vs last sale 205 414 vs year ago 191 · +216.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
84 vs last sale 159 23 vs year ago 98 · 23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.06/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$163.06
112 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512164.1084174
Medium and Large 1-2583161.0293838
One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale112 hd
163.06
MS average13 barns · 1,211 hd
158.32
+4.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,443108.051,55916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08094.011,015100
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02592.8095110
CowsLean 85-90%Low93574.3969650

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$1,3734thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,64110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,0674thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1373180.30/cwt175.00–185.006736
BullsMedium and Large 1623140.18/cwt135.00–145.008732
HeifersMedium and Large 1334172.75/cwt165.00–175.005774
HeifersMedium and Large 1423146.32/cwt140.00–152.006198
HeifersMedium and Large 1623124.85/cwt122.00–127.507784
HeifersMedium and Large 1573135.20/cwt130.00–140.007754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added424180.00/cwt180.00–180.007639
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added520172.00/cwt172.00–172.008946
SteersMedium and Large 1323183.74/cwt180.00–187.005934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added622148.00/cwt148.00–148.009215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added823143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1813
SteersMedium and Large 1373177.80/cwt172.50–182.5066310
SteersMedium and Large 1673148.62/cwt145.00–152.001,00010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added467168.75/cwt162.50–175.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added387152.97/cwt145.00–157.005926
SteersMedium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.0074110
SteersMedium and Large 1523167.22/cwt162.00–172.0087510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567153.56/cwt145.00–158.008716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added543151.60/cwt148.00–158.0082314
SteersMedium and Large 1623148.63/cwt145.00–152.0092610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02591.85/cwt86.00–96.0094180
CowsLean 85-90%80065.31/cwt60.00–70.0052220
CowsLean 85-90%1,02580.44/cwt74.00–85.0082530
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02592.80/cwt89.00–95.5095110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300102.65/cwt97.00–107.501,33420
Bulls1,11091.58/cwt80.00–100.001,0174
Bulls1,710118.81/cwt115.00–122.002,0324
Bulls1,475110.91/cwt105.00–116.001,6368
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,373.08/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3734
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,641.30/head1,500.00–1,750.001,64110
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29001,066.67/head900.00–1,200.001,0674
HeifersMedium and Large 1673124.84/cwt122.00–127.508406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added416138.00/cwt138.00–138.005744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added485150.50/cwt149.00–155.0073012
HeifersMedium and Large 1473142.86/cwt135.00–150.0067614
HeifersMedium and Large 1373151.36/cwt145.00–157.005656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added870140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2185
SteersMedium and Large 1573151.76/cwt145.00–158.0087010
SteersMedium and Large 1473171.55/cwt165.00–177.5081110
HeifersMedium and Large 1513142.63/cwt137.00–148.007328

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.